Apple
Systems Software Engineer, Intelligence Orchestration, Proactive Intelligence
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
About the job
Build and maintain systems infrastructure that enables Apple Intelligence, Siri, and related on-device intelligence features across Apple platforms.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain daemons and frameworks for on-device intelligence; manage inference models and routing to private cloud compute.
- Schedule and optimize document processing workloads for search; develop tests and resolve customer-reported issues.
- Provide design guidance and technical expertise to partner engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Expert-level proficiency in C, Objective-C, or Swift.
- Knowledge of operating system architecture and systems programming fundamentals.
- Experience developing daemons, libraries, or command-line tools on a Unix or Linux platform.
- Familiarity with machine learning concepts and strong analytical and debugging skills.
Nice to have
- Experience applying machine learning in systems engineering; development experience on macOS or iOS.
- Experience with agentic coding tools or AI-assisted development workflows.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 (base salary)
Tools
C, Objective-C, Swift, Unix, Linux, macOS, iOS
AI focus
Develop systems infrastructure for Apple Intelligence and Siri, including on-device inference model management, private cloud compute routing, and intelligence-powered search workloads.
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